Properties, main applications and perspectives of worm micelles

S Ezrahi, E Tuval, A Aserin - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2006 - Elsevier
This tutorial review deals with one of the most remarkable forms of surfactant aggregates,
described as having a flexible, elongated cylindrical shape. Three structural scale lengths …

Oil and gas production

GC Maitland - Current opinion in colloid & interface science, 2000 - Elsevier
Colloid and interface science is fundamental to many aspects of oil and gas production
processes. This review focuses on recent advances in water-based drilling fluids, reservoir …

Unraveling the rheology of inverse vulcanized polymers

DJ Bischoff, T Lee, KS Kang, J Molineux… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Multiple relaxation times are used to capture the numerous stress relaxation modes found in
bulk polymer melts. Herein, inverse vulcanization is used to synthesize high sulfur content …

Highly viscoelastic wormlike micellar solutions formed by cationic surfactants with long unsaturated tails

SR Raghavan, EW Kaler - Langmuir, 2001 - ACS Publications
Cationic surfactants having long (C22) mono-unsaturated tails were studied in aqueous
solutions containing salt using steady and dynamic rheology. The surfactant erucyl bis …

Physical networks from entropy-driven non-covalent interactions

AC Yu, H Lian, X Kong, H Lopez Hernandez… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Physical networks typically employ enthalpy-dominated crosslinking interactions that
become more dynamic at elevated temperatures, leading to network softening. Moreover …

Janus cross-links in supramolecular networks

S Mondal, JJ Lessard, CL Meena… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Thermosets composed of cross-linked polymers demonstrate enhanced thermal, solvent,
chemical, and dimensional stability as compared to their non-cross-linked counterparts …

Rheology, cryogenic transmission electron spectroscopy, and small-angle neutron scattering of highly viscoelastic wormlike micellar solutions

V Croce, T Cosgrove, G Maitland, T Hughes… - Langmuir, 2003 - ACS Publications
To understand the strong viscoelastic response showed by aqueous solutions of erucylbis
(hydroxyethyl) methylammonium chloride (EHAC) in the presence of potassium chloride …

Rheology of viscoelastic solutions of cationic surfactant. Effect of added associating polymer

JA Shashkina, OE Philippova, YD Zaroslov… - Langmuir, 2005 - ACS Publications
Rheological studies were performed with aqueous salt solutions of viscoelastic cationic
surfactant erucyl bis (hydroxyethyl) methylammonium chloride (EHAC) and its mixtures with …

Viscoelasticity of anionic wormlike micelles: effects of ionic strength and small hydrophobic molecules

A Parker, W Fieber - Soft Matter, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The impact of NaCl and small hydrophobic molecules, used in perfumery, on the viscoelastic
properties of aqueous solutions of sodium lauryl ether sulphate is studied. As the salt …

Transient extensional rheology of wormlike micelle solutions

JP Rothstein - Journal of Rheology, 2003 - pubs.aip.org
A filament stretching rheometer is used to follow the evolution in the tensile force and the
flow induced birefringence of a wormlike micelle solution experiencing a uniaxial elongation …